information processing

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology calculated the speed at which humans performed tasks that can be quantified as "information processing."

"One of the most promising aspects of this discovery is its potential use in information processing," Velasco said.

It reflects how nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain's cortex respond to stimulation and plays a key role in cognitive functions like learning and memory, information processing, decision making, motor control, wakefulness and sleep.

"The cyanobacterial lineage evolved 2.7 billion years ago, and have an elegant solution to this information processing problem."

"After sleep, however, neuronal activity became more desynchronized compared to before sleep, allowing neurons to fire more independently. This shift led to improved accuracy in information processing and performance in the visual tasks."